set light to sthmainly UK›to make something startburningStarting fires

in the light of sth( also USin light of sth)›If something is done or happens in the light of facts, it is done or happens because of those facts: The drug has been withdrawn in the light of new research.Causing things to happen

A reader of this blog recently asked for a post on idioms that are used in everyday English. This seemed like a reasonable request. After all, if you are going to make the effort to learn a set of English idioms, you want those idioms to be useful. The question, then, was

a robotic device which goes around the legs and part of the body of a person who cannot walk and allows them to move independently and in an upright position The device, known as an exoskeleton, is strapped to the outside of a person’s limbs and can then be controlled by them.